Theoretical economics Theoretical economics Теоретическая экономика 2221-3260 104671 10.52957/2221-3260-2025-7-179-186 ТВОРЧЕСТВО МОЛОДЫХ ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЕЙ YOUNG RESEARCHERS ТВОРЧЕСТВО МОЛОДЫХ ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЕЙ Impact of the level of government spending on social inequality and quality of life: the case of the EAEU Влияние уровня расходов государства на социальное неравенство и качество жизни населения: случай ЕАЭС https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4608-2780 Маркин Максим Игоревич Markin Maksim Igorevich markinmi@ystu.ru Кораблева Софья Артемовна Korableva Sofya Artemovna korablevasa.22@edu.ystu.ru Ярославский государственный технический университет Yaroslavl Россия Yaroslavl State Technical University Yaroslavl Russian Federation 01 08 2025 01 08 2025 7 179 186 08 07 2025 22 07 2025 https://theoreticaleconomy.ru/en/nauka/article/104671/view

Исследование посвящено анализу взаимосвязи между уровнем образования населения и показателями социального неравенства в странах ЕАЭС в долгосрочном интервале времени. Гипотеза исследования – между уровнем образования в обществе и социальным неравенством должна существовать обратная зависимость – доступность образования создает предпосылки для выравнивания неравенства в обществе. С помощью корреляционного анализа исследовалась взаимосвязь между тремя прокси-показателями, характеризующими уровень образования (государственные расходы на образование) и социального неравенства (индекс Джини, ИЧР). Полученные результаты не позволяют верифицировать выдвинутую в работе гипотезу: в большинстве случаев была зафиксирована положительная, а в ряде стран статистически значимая, корреляция между государственными инвестициями в образование и качеством жизни; в то же время взаимосвязь между расходами на образование и уровнем социального неравенства оказалась статистически незначимой. Полученные результаты подчеркивают, что для достижения устойчивого снижения социального неравенства одних лишь расходов на образование недостаточно.

The research is devoted to analyzing the relationship between the level of education of the population and indicators of social inequality in the EAEU countries in the long-term time interval. The hypothesis of the study is that there should be an inverse relationship between the level of education in society and social inequality – the availability of education creates prerequisites for equalization of inequality in society. The correlation analysis was used to study the relationship between three proxy indicators characterizing the level of education (public expenditures on education) and social inequality (Gini index, HDI). The results obtained do not allow us to verify the hypothesis put forward in the paper: in most cases a positive, and in some countries statistically significant, correlation between public investment in education and quality of life was recorded; at the same time, the relationship between expenditures on education and the level of social inequality was statistically insignificant. The results emphasize that education spending alone is not sufficient to achieve a sustainable reduction in social inequality.

 коэффициент Джини; ИЧР неравенство доходов в ЕАЭС; образование и социальное неравенство; корреляционный анализ Gini coefficient; HDI income inequality in the EAEU; education and social inequality; correlation analysis

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